Wall-hook.



No. 780,959. v v I PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

F. c. PALMER.

. WALL HOOK. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25. I904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WALL-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,959, dated January 24, 1905. Original application filed January 26, 1904, Serial No.190,750. Divided and this application filed August 25, 1904. Serial No. 222,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. PALMER,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Hooks, of which the following is ia specification.

This application is a division of an application filed by me January 26, 1904, Serial No. 190,750, and allowed July 26, 1904.

My invention relates to wall-hooks; and its novelty consists in the construction and adap-v tation of the parts comprising the means for securing the hook in place.

The object of my invention is to provide a wall-hook which is adapted for divers purposes and at the same time may be held securely in place without danger of displace-.

rectangular in cross-section and is adapted to be partially surrounded by and seated within a recess in a semicylindrical upper plug or bar 30. A lower plug is also made semicylin- -drical in cross-section,so that the two together will substantially fill a cylindrical aperture in a'wall 50. The bar is provided externally with projections 33, and the plug is provided in the same manner with projections 43. The plug 40 is also provided with a downwardly-extending flange 72 to rest against the surface of the wall when in place. The shank 20 of the hook is indented or transversely toothed at 2 1, and the plug 40 is provided with a longitudinal tapering groove 44:

in its upper surface, and when the parts are in place in an aperture in the wall 50, as shown in Fig. 1, a nail, screw, or like device is driven or otherwise entered in said groove 44: between the shank and plug. The groove 14: being at all points of less transverse area than the nail or screw 60, the plug below and bar and shank above will be forced apart by the entry of the nail, thus causing the projections 33 and 43 to firmly engage the walls vision'against its withdrawal is provided, comprising lateral projections 20 and 20, which engage in corresponding recesses 30 and 30 which are, in effect, lateral extensions of the longitudinal recess of the bar 30. The shank being thus made cruciform and adapted to a cruciform recess in the bar, it cannot possibly be withdrawn from the aperture in the wall while the bar is held in place therein by the nail or screw 60 and plug 40. All of the parts thus coaot to securely hold the whole structure in the aperture, the extension-flange preventing anytendency towithdrawal by vertical rocking or strain due to extra weight or strain placed upon the hook.

What Iclaim as new is 1.- Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, a recessed bar adapted to embrace'said shank, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the bar and shank are placed, and means engaging the shank and plug for pressing them apart and wedging the bar and plug in the aperture.

2. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, a recessed bar adapted to embrace said shank, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the bar and shank are placed, means engaging the shank and plug for pressing them apart and wedging the bar and plug in the aperture, and means for looking said engaging means against withdrawal.

3. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, having indentations in its surface, a recessed bar adapted to embrace said shank, a plug adapted to partially I fill an aperture in which the bar and shank are placed, and a nail or like device engaging the shank and plug for pressing them apart and wedging the bar and plug in the aperture, said nail having a laterally-projecting head to engage the indentations of the shank.

4t. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, having a lateral projection, a bar having a recess with lateral eX- tension to embrace said shank and projection, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the securing means are placed, and means for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the Walls of said aperture.

' 5. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, having a lateral projection, a bar having a recess with lateral eX- tension to embrace said shank and projection, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the securing means are placed, means for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the walls of said aperture, and means for locking such forcing means against withdrawal.

6. Securing means for Wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, having a lateral proje'ction, a bar having a recess with lateral extension to embrace said shank and projection, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the securing means are placed, and a nail or like device adapted to be driven between the shank and plug to force the bar and plug into contact with the walls of the aperture.

7. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank, having a lateral projection, a bar having a recess with lateral extension to embrace said shank and projection, a plug adapted to partially fill an aperture in which the securing means are placed, and a nail or like device adapted to be driven between the shank and. plug to force the bar and plug into contact with the walls of the aperture, the shank having indentations and the nail being provided with a head for engaging therewith to prevent the withdrawal of the nail.

8. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank of cruciform shape, a bar having a cruciform recess to receive said shank, a plug, and means for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the walls of an aperture in which the wall-hook is to be secured.

9. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank of cruciform shape, a bar having a cruciform recess to receive said shank, a plug, means for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the walls of an aperture in which the wall-hook is to be secured, and means for locking said forcing means against withdrawal.

10. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank of cruciform shape, a bar having a cruciform recess to receive said shank, a plug, and a nail or like device for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the walls of an aperture in which the wall-hook is to be secured.

11. Securing means for wall-hooks or like devices comprising a shank of cruciform shape, a'bar having a cruciform recess to receive said shank, a plug, and a nail or like device for forcing the plug and bar into contact with the walls of an aperture in which the wall-hook is to be secured, the shank being provided with indentations and the nail with a head for engaging therewith to prevent the witlulrawal of the nail.

Witness my hand, this 23d day of August, 1904, at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York.

FREDERICK (l. PALMER.

Witnesses:

ALAN MoDoNNELL, S. S. NEWTON. 

